Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gelbach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 387
Youngest recorded age at locality: 110

mindat Locality ID: 32410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gelbach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fortuna Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Talc

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Segnitite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stolzite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Wulfenite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Talc

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	358.9	298.9	1	57836	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	358.9	298.9	1	57836	450
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	358.9	298.9	1	57836	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	358.9	298.9	1	57836	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	298.9	1	57836	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	358.9	298.9	1	57836	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	358.9	298.9	1	57836	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	358.9	298.9	1	57836	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	298.9	1	57836	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	358.9	298.9	1	57836	5674
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	492
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	358.9	298.9	1	57836	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	358.9	298.9	1	57836	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	358.9	298.9	1	57836	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	358.9	298.9	1	57836	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	358.9	298.9	1	57836	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	4894
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	358.9	298.9	1	57836	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	358.9	298.9	1	57836	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	298.9	1	57836	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	358.9	298.9	1	57836	156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	358.9	298.9	1	57836	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	358.9	298.9	0		3337
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	358.9	298.9	1	57836	1655

38 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000076	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age						16429	Fortuna Mine, Gelbach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Oberwolfach, Gelbach, Fortuna	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
EJM21_817tbl02-00001	150	110		Rb-Sr				Yes		Baryte, Fluorite	1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00002	182	182	182	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00003	198	198	198	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00004	176	176	176	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00005	169	169	169	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00006	161	161	161	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00007	185	185	185	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00008	179	179	179	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00009	174	174	174	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00010	176	176	176	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00011	184	184	184	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00012	170	170	170	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00013	174	174	174	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00014	186	186	186	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00015	213	213	213	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00016	175	175	175	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00017	176	176	176	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00018	138	138	138	U-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00019	183	183	183	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00020	179	179	179	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00021	188	188	188	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00022	175	175	175	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00023	186	186	186	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00024	170	170	170	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00025	177	177	177	U-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00026	250	250	250	Pb-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00027	387	387	387	Pb-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00028	163	163	163	Pb-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00029	265	265	265	Pb-Pb		ferberite	1	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00030	152	152	152	Pb-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00031	183	183	183	Pb-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00032	379	379	379	Pb-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00033	174	174	174	Pb-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00034	206	206	206	Pb-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00035	161	161	161	Pb-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00036	209	209	209	Pb-Pb		ferberite	2	Yes	Ferberite		1782	Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Clara mine	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
Pfaff2009tbl06-13	196	170	183±13	(U-Th)/He		hematite		Yes	Hematite		32326	Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Hohberg, Schwarzwald ore district, Germany	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817

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